Hurunui
just nowHurunui River at SH1 Bridge
89.8m³/s
Steady 18 h
7-day peak 161
Water 11.9°
High Clearing Clearing: 2.5 d since the last peak
Good from about Sun 4:15 pm · Sun 10:45 am to Sun 11:15 pm, below 80 m³/s, from 1 past recession
Nothing rising upstream, no heavy rain in the catchment.
Along the river
alps to seaHurunui No.2 Hut
15.5m³/s
Hurunui Esk Head
17.5m³/s
parallel branch, joins below
Hurunui Mandamus
60.3m³/s
about 4 h from the site above
Hurunui SH1
89.8m³/s
about 7 h from the site above
Travel times: Hurunui No.2 Hut → Hurunui Esk Head unknown; Hurunui Esk Head → Hurunui Mandamus 4 h (seeded from the Oct 2026 flood); Hurunui Mandamus → Hurunui SH1 7 h (seeded from the Oct 2026 flood).
Flow
m³/s, New Zealand time- Hurunui No.2 Hut
- Hurunui Esk Head
- Hurunui Mandamus
- Hurunui SH1
Rain in the catchment
mm · ECAN gauges, highest first| Gauge | 1 h | 24 h | Today | Yest. | 7 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Esk 760 m | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 60 |
JBNZ river guide
uplifting, class, launching and flows by sectionSections
Hurunui RiverSH70 bridge to the sea
Shingle, willows; fast and mean above SH70 · 16 km · 11.9 m/km
Launch Railway bridge at the mouth
No current information, history not known. Please give information to JBNZ if you boat it.
This row sits under the Hurunui in the sheet, but SH70 does not cross the Hurunui, so it may describe another river.
Sea to SH7 Class 1
Shingle, braided, gorge · 49 km · 4.1 m/km
35 cumecs at Mandamus. Hurunui Mandamus now 60.6 m³/s, above the minimum.
Launch SH1
SH7 to Mandamus Class 2
Boulders, shingle, braided · 20 km · 6 m/km
40 cumecs at Mandamus. Hurunui Mandamus now 60.6 m³/s, above the minimum.
Launch Balmoral bridge, south side, at times into the Waitohi
Mandamus River to Lake Sumner Class 3
Rocks, boulders, gorgy, rapids · 40 km · 6 m/km
100 to 140 cumecs at Mandamus. Hurunui Mandamus now 60.6 m³/s, below the minimum.
Launch The Peaks, ask permission
Requires high flow conditions.
Lake Sumner to No. 3 Hut Class 3
Shingle, braided · 16 km · 7.2 m/km
Launch Loch Katrine
Requires high flow conditions. Seldom boated.
From the Jet Boating New Zealand Canterbury river information sheet of July 2024, transcribed by hand on 17 October 2026. Uplifting is whether the 5-knot limit is lifted for the section. JBNZ can update the sheet at any time; flo checked it 3.9 h ago. Open the PDF.
Weather
at Hurunui SH1 · Open-Meteo9pm
Clear
6.8°
–
5 E
12am
Partly cloudy
5.6°
–
2 NW
3am
Fog
4.2°
–
3 NW
6am
Fog
3.5°
–
7 NW
9am
Clear
9.3°
–
6 N
12pm
Clear
14.2°
–
11 NE
3pm
Clear
15.5°
–
12 E
6pm
Clear
14.8°
–
8 NE
9pm
Clear
9.8°
–
7 N
12am
Clear
9.7°
–
8 N
3am
Clear
8.0°
–
9 NW
6am
Clear
8.6°
–
13 NW
Sat Partly cloudy 6.8°/ 6.0° dry
Sun Fog 15.5°/ 3.2° dry
Mon Partly cloudy 18.5°/ 7.8° dry
Tue Overcast 16.5°/ 7.9° dry
Headwaters
at Hurunui No.2 HutRain next 48 h
0.0mm
Lowest freezing level
2700m
Heavy rain with a high freezing level falls on snow and produces the biggest rises.
